Cruel rescuers stole from Eastleigh blast victims

November 19, 2012 3:38 pm

Shares

By OLIVE BURROWS, Luckily for Ahmed, they didn’t take his phone before he had a chance to call his brother who he was heading to meet before the bombing/FELIX MAGARANAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 19 – He writhes in pain; the bed and its coverings dwarfing his already small frame. In his three-and-a-half years he’s already seen more than most have in a lifetime.

He shouldn’t be on a hospital bed I think to myself, he should be outside playing; which is just what he was doing when the bomb exploded; scarring his face and injuring his left leg.

Having changed into a green hospital gown, his mother enters the bed and slides her hand under his neck. Her touch might provide comfort but it gives a groaning Bernard Mbuvi little relief from his pain.

OLIVE BURROWS With a decade of storytelling under her belt, Olive Burrows has been with Capital FM for the last four years and perhaps most notably interviewed US President Barack Obama. Committed to asking the hard questions and telling the story in the most engaging way possible, she has also interviewed Melinda Gates, a UK Minister and severally had the opportunity to sit across from President Uhuru Kenyatta and address the pressing issues of the day. Other notables she has had occasion to seek answers from are UN Secretary General António Guterres and John Kerry in his time as US Secretary of State.